Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — The Way to Husk Indian Corn. [ARTICLE]

The Way to Husk Indian Corn.

| Iri ofder to husk com rapraljT.be hirekef nfuid’HOt only strip etf tie? husks with a. quiOT fittotion of ids Bawls; but'fie rtiM“ isamsa BLiagifflß! H Eien the husker stands while husking, l is obliged to stoop and pick up qne at a time, he will spend much of the Itime in picking Up tha unhuskef eKt« plaeed in stooks of course _the husker jfts MIfIGS*WK3PWA husker. We haver juiskaL. corn-frpm early boyhood, and. Mve husked side by 9ide^fiii# re ra^ ‘flatl^ntiieground, while we siiqn alow stool close to one side the butts of the stalks bein& at the right -hand mid the basket sitting at thebutts. Now, snatch up an ear, always wDdlbV left hand, then thrust the point “ liuskingneg” through the husks atlhe to the MlßCtnfl st*J*£ithe e»|* iTh(i left ffilefidoT the ear so a# to remaamell the silk, whnn vrsiaoHa'iiaia stem and the ear is broken right hand is disposing of tjm. husked ear the left hantamu jmaJMiug w tab another ear to be |/|nlit wlwsc perceived that every ear is nusked a»i a few husks op one aide of the ear, then a )fev more on tIW dther aide (as. a cliild airways husks corn), changing hands several jtimes from ear to husks ana from husks to (the ear, he will make slow progress husking com. If the husker prefers to bieato bn the ear over the right haffthf Mfagbui the husking peg on the oth«ihimn. ? aim" let it be kept in mind that in. order m husk fast ah the busts on one aide of tie ear must beWibped down to the biittUt Semnsbff&SHsleisurely on his la*y stnoh picking ofi? one husk Am time, then throws the ear in an opposite direction frqpa the place indicated for the basket, andwatches evefyear until make slot* progress at huakiijg com. Husking corn Is not laborious work. To present the hand oven which the-.earn are broken off tbe sterna from becoming tender, let An old leather mitten or leather glove be worn, after the fingers pf ibei glove or the end of the mitten is cut off.

If a slow hunker wlff practice tTmTSFega? lag m»ni]iulaU«»s wlitM husking he will be able ito hunk moiw tlian twice the quantitv4( earn lb a giWn time. Let him avoid the practice of making three or four motions with one hand to do wha) should be performed by only one quick move-ihent-AT. 7. Herald.